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According to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) weekly production report, year-to-date U.S. metallurgical exports through January 2014 were down 7.4% as compared to the same period last year (5mt v. 5.5mt) and steam coal exports were off by 11.6% (3.4mt v. 3.9mt). Coal imports were up by 63% for the same year-to-date period (1mt v. 0.6mt). West Virginia’s 2014 year-to-date production, through 3/15, was down 2.4% statewide when compared to the same period in 2013 (23.5mt v. 24.1mt), with northern WV production down 2.1% (8.5mt v. 8.7mt) and southern WV was off 2.5% (15mt v. 15.4mt). U.S. year-to-date production through 3/15 was down 2.7% (198.9mt v. 204.3mt). There were 118,480 railroad cars loaded last week in the United States.
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The 2014 Joint Spring Meeting of the WV Coal Association, WV Coal Mining Institute and the CAS/SME will be held on May 7-9 at the Embassy Suites in Charleston, WV. The agenda and registration information can be obtained from the WVCA offices by e-mailing:
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The WV Board of Coal Mine Health & Safety will hold a meeting on Monday, March 24, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Charleston Civic Center. The Board will review comments submitted on the Board’s Proposed Rule on Underground Haulage Safety. The comment period ended March 11, 2014.
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At its March 19th Board of Directors’ meeting the Lumos Networks was approved for membership into the West Virginia Coal Association. Ericka Duncan, their Public Affairs & Marketing Coordinator will serve as their representative. Welcome to Lumos!
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West Virginians for Coal (the WVCA PAC) has endorsed Charlotte Lane for the 2nd Congressional race. Charlotte is the former International Trade Commissioner, past Chairman of the WV Public Service Commission and has a long and storied history of protecting the coal industry in West Virginia. A fundraiser for Charlotte is scheduled for March 27 at the WV Coal Association offices beginning at 5:30 p.m.
The PAC will also support Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito for the Senate seat that will be vacated by retiring Senator John D. Rockefeller, IV.
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Past WVCA Chairman Andrew Jordon of Pritchard Mining and Tyler-Morgan Coal will be inducted into the West Virginia Coal Hall of Fame on Thursday, May 8th as part of the 2014 Joint Spring Meeting of the Association and the WV Coal Mining Institute in Charleston at the Embassy Suites Hotel. Andrew is a Charleston native and Penn State educated mining engineer who has been and continues to be extremely active in the industry as well as myriad organizations and activities across West Virginia. Congratulations to Andrew for the well-deserved recognition.
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Traveling national exhibit on waterways marries the arts and science at the Clay Center
by Lydia Nuzum
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Like many cities, Charleston was built on a river -- one that shaped the course of its history and something the Clay Center hopes will attract visitors to its latest exhibit.
STEAMworks, the Clay Center's new gallery, will open to the public Saturday. Its first exhibit, RiverWorks Discovery: A Journey of Exploration and Imagination on America's Waterways, features displays from the the National Rivers Hall of Fame, at the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa.
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The coal industry has lost a true innovator, designer, mentor and friend in the passing of John J. “Joe” Childress of Daniels.
In the field of coal processing, construction, design and operations, Childress, 73, was an innovator.
A construction worker at heart, he started his career in the early 1960s employed by Roberts & Schaefer Construction Co. as a field manager/construction services with responsibilities for assisting in the design of, and managing the field construction services and “start up” functions for, many coal-processing plants across the country and around the world.
In the mid-1970s, he started his own coal-processing, construction services contract services company, and was successful in leading the wave of new coal-processing design initiatives that are used in plants around the world today. He was one of the first to design and construct a “Feed to Zero” type circuitry.
In the 1990s, he designed and patented the only known MULE (Moveable Unit Low Elevation) coal-processing plant utilizing heavy media circuitry known to be in existence.
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Murray, Thrasher, Manchin, Morrisey, Headline the Event
While closing out the Association’s 2014 three-day Annual Mining Symposium, WVCA Chairman, Jim Laurita, deemed the event a success. Recognizing and thanking the 58 speakers, the vendors and associate members who proudly displayed their products, luncheon sponsors and the 700 mining professionals who were on hand to hear the state’s political and industry leaders talk about the state of the coal industry, Laurita observed that the individuals on hand represented all disciplines within the industry (i.e., operations, safety, technical) and the basic fabric of our industry.
In a keynote address to the Association’s 41st Annual Symposium held January 29-31 in Charleston, Robert “Bob” Murray, the founder, president, chairman & CEO of Murray Energy Corp., talked about the threats and opportunities he sees ahead for West Virginia’s and America’s coal industry in the future.
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